Nehemiah 9:11

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

You divided the sea before them, and they passed through it on dry ground. But You cast their pursuers into the depths like a stone into mighty waters.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a sto into the mighty waters.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    You divided the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and You threw their pursuers into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And thou didst divide{H1234} the sea{H3220} before{H6440} them, so that they went through{H5674} the midst{H8432} of the sea{H3220} on the dry land;{H3004} and their pursuers{H7291} thou didst cast{H7993} into the depths,{H4688} as a stone{H68} into the mighty{H5794} waters.{H4325}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And thou didst divide{H1234}{(H8804)} the sea{H3220} before{H6440} them, so that they went through{H5674}{(H8799)} the midst{H8432} of the sea{H3220} on the dry land{H3004}; and their persecutors{H7291}{(H8802)} thou threwest{H7993}{(H8689)} into the deeps{H4688}, as a stone{H68} into the mighty{H5794} waters{H4325}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And the reed See partedst thou in sunder before them, so that they wete thorow the myddes of the See drye shod: & their persecuters threwest thou in to the depe as a stone, in the mightie waters,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For thou didest breake vp the Sea before them, and they went through the middes of the Sea on dry lande: and those that pursued them, hast thou cast into the bottomes as a stone, in the mightie waters:

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And the red sea diddest thou deuide in sunder before them, so that they went through the middest of the sea drye shod: and their persecuters threwest thou into the deepe, as a stone in the mightie waters:

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    You divided the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their pursuers you did cast into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And the sea Thou hast cleaved before them, and they pass over into the midst of the sea on the dry land, and their pursuers Thou hast cast into the depths, as a stone, into the strong waters.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their pursuers thou didst cast into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their pursuers thou didst cast into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    By you the sea was parted before them, so that they went through the sea on dry land; and those who went after them went down into the deep, like a stone into great waters.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    You divided the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and you cast their pursuers into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    You split the sea before them, and they crossed through the sea on dry ground! But you threw their pursuers into the depths, like a stone into surging waters.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 78:13 : 13 He divided the sea and let them pass through it; He made the waters stand like a wall.
  • Exod 14:21-22 : 21 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the LORD drove the sea back with a strong east wind all night and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided. 22 The Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with the waters forming a wall for them on their right and on their left.
  • Exod 14:27-28 : 27 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak, the sea returned to its normal state. The Egyptians were fleeing toward it, but the LORD swept them into the sea. 28 The waters flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had chased the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.
  • Ps 66:6 : 6 He turned the sea into dry land; they crossed through the river on foot. There we rejoiced in Him.
  • Ps 106:9-9 : 9 He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a wilderness. 10 He saved them from the hand of the one who hated them; He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. 11 The waters covered their adversaries; not one of them survived.
  • Ps 114:3-5 : 3 The sea saw it and fled; the Jordan turned back. 4 The mountains leaped like rams, the hills like lambs. 5 What is it, sea, that you flee? Jordan, that you turn back?
  • Ps 136:13-15 : 13 To Him who divided the Red Sea into parts, for His steadfast love endures forever. 14 And made Israel pass through its midst, for His steadfast love endures forever. 15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea, for His steadfast love endures forever.
  • Isa 63:11-13 : 11 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses and his people: Where is the one who brought them up out of the sea, along with the shepherds of his flock? Where is the one who set his Holy Spirit among them, 12 who sent his glorious arm of power to be at Moses' right hand, who divided the waters before them to gain for himself an everlasting name, 13 who led them through the depths? Like a horse in open country, they did not stumble;
  • Heb 11:29 : 29 By faith they passed through the Red Sea as on dry land, but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned.
  • Rev 18:21 : 21 Then a mighty angel picked up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, 'Thus, with violence, Babylon the great city will be thrown down, and it will never be found again.'
  • Exod 15:1-9 : 1 Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD, saying: 'I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and its rider He has hurled into the sea.' 2 The LORD is my strength and my song; He has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will glorify Him; the God of my father, and I will exalt Him. 3 The LORD is a warrior; the LORD is His name. 4 Pharaoh’s chariots and his army He has cast into the sea; the finest of his officers were drowned in the Red Sea. 5 The deep waters covered them; they sank to the depths like a stone. 6 Your right hand, LORD, is majestic in power. Your right hand, LORD, shatters the enemy. 7 In the greatness of Your majesty, You overthrow those who rise against You. You unleash Your burning anger; it consumes them like stubble. 8 By the blast of Your nostrils, the waters piled up; the flowing waters stood like a wall; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea. 9 The enemy said, 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoils; my desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.' 10 But You blew with Your wind, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters. 11 Who is like You, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, awesome in praises, working wonders? 12 You stretched out Your right hand, and the earth swallowed them. 13 In Your steadfast love, You led the people You redeemed; in Your strength, You guided them to Your holy dwelling. 14 The peoples have heard; they tremble; anguish has seized the inhabitants of Philistia. 15 The chiefs of Edom are dismayed; the leaders of Moab tremble; the inhabitants of Canaan melt away. 16 Terror and dread fall upon them; by the greatness of Your arm, they are still as a stone, until Your people pass by, LORD, until the people You have purchased pass by. 17 You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of Your inheritance—the place, LORD, You made for Your dwelling, the sanctuary, Lord, Your hands established. 18 The LORD will reign forever and ever. 19 For when Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen went into the sea, the LORD brought the waters of the sea back over them, but the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground. 20 Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing. 21 Miriam sang to them: 'Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. Both horse and rider He has hurled into the sea.'

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Exod 15:7-10
    4 verses
    85%

    7 In the greatness of Your majesty, You overthrow those who rise against You. You unleash Your burning anger; it consumes them like stubble.

    8 By the blast of Your nostrils, the waters piled up; the flowing waters stood like a wall; the depths congealed in the heart of the sea.

    9 The enemy said, 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoils; my desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.'

    10 But You blew with Your wind, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

  • 9 He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a wilderness.

  • 13 He divided the sea and let them pass through it; He made the waters stand like a wall.

  • Exod 15:4-5
    2 verses
    82%

    4 Pharaoh’s chariots and his army He has cast into the sea; the finest of his officers were drowned in the Red Sea.

    5 The deep waters covered them; they sank to the depths like a stone.

  • 16 As for you, lift up your staff, stretch out your hand over the sea, and divide it, so the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.

  • 81%

    26 Then the LORD said to Moses, 'Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians, their chariots, and their horsemen.'

    27 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak, the sea returned to its normal state. The Egyptians were fleeing toward it, but the LORD swept them into the sea.

    28 The waters flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had chased the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.

    29 But the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground, with the waters forming a wall for them on their right and on their left.

    30 On that day, the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the shore.

  • 15 You trampled the sea with Your horses, churning the great waters.

  • 81%

    21 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the LORD drove the sea back with a strong east wind all night and turned it into dry land. The waters were divided.

    22 The Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with the waters forming a wall for them on their right and on their left.

    23 The Egyptians pursued them—all Pharaoh's horses, chariots, and horsemen—and went into the sea after them.

  • 29 By faith they passed through the Red Sea as on dry land, but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned.

  • 4 And what He did to the army of Egypt, to their horses and chariots, when He overwhelmed them with the waters of the Red Sea as they pursued you, and how the LORD destroyed them to this very day.

  • 53 He led them safely, so they were unafraid, but the sea covered their enemies.

  • Neh 9:9-10
    2 verses
    79%

    9 You saw the oppression of our ancestors in Egypt and heard their cry at the Red Sea.

    10 You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew how arrogantly they treated them. And You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day.

  • 19 For when Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen went into the sea, the LORD brought the waters of the sea back over them, but the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground.

  • 79%

    12 You stretched out Your right hand, and the earth swallowed them.

    13 In Your steadfast love, You led the people You redeemed; in Your strength, You guided them to Your holy dwelling.

  • 12 By day, You led them with a pillar of cloud and by night with a pillar of fire, to give them light for the path they should follow.

  • 10 Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made the depths of the sea a road for the redeemed to cross over?

  • 13 You divided the sea by Your strength; You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.

  • 16 With Your mighty arm, You redeemed Your people, the children of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.

  • 19 Your thunder echoed in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and shook.

  • 6 He turned the sea into dry land; they crossed through the river on foot. There we rejoiced in Him.

  • 15 You opened up springs and streams; You dried up ever-flowing rivers.

  • Isa 63:12-13
    2 verses
    77%

    12 who sent his glorious arm of power to be at Moses' right hand, who divided the waters before them to gain for himself an everlasting name,

    13 who led them through the depths? Like a horse in open country, they did not stumble;

  • 23 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed, just as the LORD your God did to the Red Sea when He dried it up before us until we had crossed over.

  • 15 You provided bread from heaven for their hunger and brought water out of a rock for their thirst. You told them to go in and take possession of the land You had sworn to give them.

  • 11 The waters covered their adversaries; not one of them survived.

  • 16 This is what the LORD says— He who makes a way through the sea and a path through mighty waters,

  • Josh 24:6-7
    2 verses
    75%

    6 When I brought your ancestors out of Egypt, you came to the sea, and the Egyptians pursued your ancestors with chariots and horsemen to the Red Sea.

    7 Your ancestors cried out to the LORD, and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians. He brought the sea over them and covered them. Your eyes witnessed what I did to Egypt. Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.

  • 9 The Egyptians pursued them—all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, his horsemen, and his army—and they overtook them as they camped by the sea, near Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal Zephon.

  • 3 The sea saw it and fled; the Jordan turned back.

  • 1 Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD, saying: 'I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and its rider He has hurled into the sea.'

  • 9 LORD God of Hosts, who is mighty like you, LORD? Your faithfulness surrounds you.

  • 21 They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow from the rock for them; He split open the rock, and water gushed out.

  • 11 They will cross the sea of distress, striking the waves, and the depths of the Nile will dry up. The pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will pass away.

  • 15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea, for His steadfast love endures forever.